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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Ocimum suave (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Kenyan Tree Basil
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Shoot 205.0 -0.06 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot 110.0 -0.19 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot 205.0 0.17 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 12.0 -0.12 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot 540.0 2.96 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
EO 0 Shoot 4000.0 -0.58 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
EUGENOL 76 Shoot 110.0 2860.0 1.82 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
LINALOL 0 Shoot 20.0 -0.22 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Shoot J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Shoot 2240.0 0.08 J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
PHYTOL 1 Leaf J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf J. Nat. Prod. 44: 308.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytotoxic 1 (View) Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Dermatitigenic 1 (View) *
Diuretic 1 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Enterorelaxant 1 (View) J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Estrogenic 2 (View) *
Febrifuge 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FLavor 4 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 (View) *
Fungistat 1 (View) Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990.
Gonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective 3 (View) *
Herbicide 2 (View) Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 2 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Hypoglycemic 1 (View) Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipemic 1 (View) *
Hypolipidemic 1 (View) *
Hypotensive 1 (View) *
Immunomodulator 1 (View) *
Insecticide 1 (View) *